Profile
Kirk Kerkorian
Businessman + Private + Architect
Male
Born
Jun 6, 1917
Age
96
Hometown
Fresno, California
Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian is an American businessman who is the president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping Las Vegas and, with architect… Read More
Romance
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Jean Maree HardyMarried 1954 - 1983
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Hilda SchmidtMarried 1942 - 1951
Family
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Kirk Kerkorian
Age 96
parents
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Ahron KerkorianFather
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Lily KerkorianMother
children
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Linda KerkorianDaughter
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Tracy KerkorianSon
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Kirk Kerkorian's Slow Fade From Vegas La ObservedGoogle News - Aug 26, 2011
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Kerkorian's $215 Million Sale Of Mgm Stock Barron'sGoogle News - Aug 25, 2011
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1917
Birth
Kirk Kerkorian was born on June 6, 1917 in Fresno, California, to Armenian immigrant parents.
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TWENTIES
1939
22 Years Old
In 1939, he met Ted O'Flaherty, for whom he installed wall furnaces that heated water.
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In May 1944, Kerkorian and his Wing Commander J.D. Woolridge rode the wave and broke the old crossing record.
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THIRTIES
1947
30 Years Old
After spending much time in Las Vegas during the 1940s, Kerkorian quit gambling and in 1947 paid $60,000 for Trans International Airlines, which was a small air-charter service which flew gamblers from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
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FORTIES
1962
45 Years Old
In 1962, Kerkorian bought in Las Vegas, across the Las Vegas Strip from the Flamingo, for $960,000.
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FIFTIES
1967
50 Years Old
In 1967, he bought of land on Paradise Road in Las Vegas for $5 million and, with architect Martin Stern, Jr., built the International Hotel, which at the time was the largest hotel in the world; The first two performers to appear at the hotel's enormous Showroom Internationale were Barbra Streisand and Elvis Presley.
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After he purchased the MGM movie studio in 1969, Kerkorian (with architect Martin Stern Jr.) opened the original MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, larger than the Empire State Building and the largest hotel in the world at the time it was finished.
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1973
56 Years Old
Kerkorian sold MGM's distribution system in 1973, and gradually distanced himself from the daily operation of the studio.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1998
81 Years Old
Kerkorian soon expanded the company, purchasing Orion Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Motion Picture Corporation of America from John Kluge's Metromedia in 1998, and a majority to the pre-1996 PolyGram Filmed Entertainment from its parent Philips, which was in process to sell PolyGram to Seagram.
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According to press accounts from June 30, 2006, Kerkorian suggested that Renault acquire a 20 percent stake in GM to rescue GM from itself.
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2007
90 Years Old
On April 5, 2007, Kirk Kerkorian made a $4.58 billion bid for the Chrysler Group, the U.S. arm of Daimler-Chrysler.
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Kerkorian began buying Ford Motor Company stock in April 2008, and spent about $1 billion to accumulate a 6% stake in the automaker.
On February 14, 2011, Kerkorian donated $200 million (The Lincy Foundation) to the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA to create the "Dream Fund at UCLA".
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